The Role
Conduct advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics research and evaluation, develop domain-specific reasoning tasks, assess AI-generated scientific content, identify technical inaccuracies, and provide rigorous expert feedback. Candidates must have deep specialization, substantive research or technical experience, strong written reasoning skills, and verifiable academic or professional credentials. Preferred expertise includes computational, observational, theoretical, cosmological, stellar, galactic, and data-analysis research.
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Company Description
An enterprise client is seeking experienced researchers, academics, and technical professionals to support advanced research and evaluation projects in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Selected candidates will apply specialized domain expertise to complex scientific problems, evaluate AI-generated technical content, and provide expert-level reasoning and feedback.
Job Description- Work through and evaluate complex Astronomy & Astrophysics problems requiring advanced domain expertise
- Develop domain-specific research, reasoning, and evaluation tasks
- Evaluate AI-generated scientific and technical content for accuracy, quality, and scientific rigor
- Review technical or academic responses and identify factual, mathematical, methodological, or conceptual inaccuracies
- Provide clear, well-supported specialist-level reasoning and feedback
- Apply advanced knowledge to assigned research and evaluation projects
- Assess research outputs, models, computational work, datasets, or other technical materials where relevant
- Deep specialization in a defined Astronomy & Astrophysics subfield, rather than broad general knowledge
- Verifiable record of substantive research, technical, computational, observational, or professional work directly related to the specialization
- Ability to independently work through or evaluate complex scientific problems at an advanced level
- Strong written reasoning skills and ability to clearly explain technical judgments
- Current or recent experience in academic research, technical practice, or specialized professional work
- Verifiable academic affiliation, research appointment, or relevant academic background with a university ranked within the QS World University Rankings Top 100
Highly prefer candidates to have:
- Expertise in areas such as Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Theoretical or Observational Astrophysics, Stellar or Galactic Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics, or Astrophysical Data Analysis
- Peer-reviewed or first-author research demonstrating subject-matter expertise
- Experience with astronomical observations, mathematical modelling, numerical simulations, computational methods, or astrophysical data analysis
- Technical work products such as datasets, computational implementations, models, test reports, patents, or other substantive research outputs
- Ability to demonstrate expertise in a clearly defined astrophysical problem area
Skills Required
- Deep specialization in a defined Astronomy or Astrophysics subfield
- Verifiable substantive research, technical, computational, observational, or professional work directly related to the specialization
- Ability to independently evaluate complex scientific problems at an advanced level
- Strong written reasoning skills and ability to explain technical judgments clearly
- Current or recent experience in academic research, technical practice, or specialized professional work
- Verifiable academic affiliation, research appointment, or relevant academic background with a university ranked in the QS World University Rankings Top 100
- Expertise in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, theoretical or observational astrophysics, stellar or galactic astrophysics, computational astrophysics, or astrophysical data analysis
- Peer-reviewed or first-author research demonstrating subject-matter expertise
- Experience with astronomical observations, mathematical modeling, numerical simulations, computational methods, or astrophysical data analysis
- Technical work products such as datasets, computational implementations, models, test reports, patents, or other substantive research outputs
- Expertise in a clearly defined astrophysical problem area
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The Company
What We Do
Lifted, an Upwork Company, is a B2B SaaS platform that helps enterprise organizations source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent globally and compliantly. It supports multiple engagement models, including independent contractors, staff augmentation, and employer-of-record, while integrating with MSPs and VMSs to provide centralized visibility, spend control, and audit-ready compliance, delivering a white-labeled talent experience for hiring managers and contingent workforce programs.
